COVID-19

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PPE training videos (added 3-7/4/2020). Click on images to view video on YouTube or if you represent a local health district and you cannot access this application contact CEC Communications for a file copy.
These videos briefly outline the steps for putting on and taking off PPE when applying combined contact and droplet precautions or combined contact droplet and airborne precautions in addition to standard precautions, when caring for patients with some infectious diseases such as COVID-19.

• COVID-19 Drive Through Specimen Collection Interim Guidance - PDF (added 3/4/2020)
  View online or download guide for clinicians at drive through specimen testing points
• COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control Advice for Health Workers - PDF (added 3/4/2020)
  View online or download guide to seven principles for COVID-19 infection prevention and control for healthcare workers
• Positive COVID-19 - Infection Prevention and Control and Access to Surgery - PDF (added 31/3/2020)
  View online or download  guidance for when patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 are accessing surgical/procedural healthcare services.

Top weekly downloads - Monday, 6 April 2020

• Application of PPE in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic - PDF
  View online or download this comprehensive guide and reference for the application of PPE during COVID-19 Pandemic
• Principles of fit checking: how to don and fit check P2 and N95 masks - PDF
  View online or download step-by-step principles of fit checking  P2 and N95 masks
• CEC Contact & Droplet Precautions Sign 2020 - Landscape V2 - PDF
  View online or download landscape poster to display in healthcare settings
• Recommended Guidance on Mask Use in New South Wales - PDF
  View online or download guide to use of P2/N95 and surgical masks levels 1-3 in NSW
• CEC Contact Droplet Airborne Precautions Sign 2020 - Landscape - PDF
  View online or download landscape poster to display in healthcare settings

Information provided by the CEC is primarily for clinicians and health workers in healthcare settings. Members of the general public should consult the NSW Health website for the latest updates on COVID-19 as their primary source of information.

While NSW Health are leading our state response, the CEC has a specific role under the NSW Influenza Pandemic Plan. This includes providing infection prevention and control and patient safety advice and expertise to the Ministry of Health; and developing state-wide strategies and resources (including training modules to rapidly up-skill health workers) to maintain high levels of compliance with infection prevention and control and patient safety recommendations